ENEOS oil: power adder or snake oil?

**scheides** · 02-29-2008

I see MAP has this stuff in stock now, and I've heard good things about it. The company is based out of Japan, and switching to it from something like Mobile1 or AMSoil is rumored and apparently been tested to see significant horsepower gains, in the neighborhood of 10-15hp at the crank on a 550hp motor.

Here's a test that was done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb1YzGcEUCI

Anyone running this stuff? Longevity concerns and or comments?

Discuss...

**Kracka** · 02-29-2008

I too wonder about its protection and longevity properties. When Royal Purple stomped onto the market they made promises of big power gains, but their oil additives fell apart within 2k miles and basically turned to junk in the amount of time/miles that barely effects other oils.

**JET** · 02-29-2008

Interesting. I would like to see some more research as well!

**Goat Blower** · 02-29-2008

Japanese Slick50, comes with big stickers for your whip.

User Name · 02-29-2008

We need some real damn info on this! I'm interested in this as well. Can someone with knowledge on the product/personal experience/hear-say chime in please?

turbotalon1g · 02-29-2008

Whats the price like?

**Kracka** · 02-29-2008

Testing will be done, but its going to take a few months while I rack up the miles on the Evo.

Test:
Get the oil analyzed after 5k miles of hard street driving. I will be doing this for both Mobil 1 and Eneos to compare how well they each hold up in the long-run, not just fresh out of the bottle performance.

**Kracka** · 02-29-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

Whats the price like?

Look at MAP's thread.

User Name · 02-29-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kracka

Testing will be done, but its going to take a few months while I rack up the miles on the Evo.

Test:
Get the oil analyzed after 5k miles of hard street driving. I will be doing this for both Mobil 1 and Eneos to compare how well they each hold up in the long-run, not just fresh out of the bottle performance.

Cool! Get drivin'! Now!!

**Shane@DBPerformance** · 02-29-2008

Who knows. Any thin oil normally makes more power than a thicker oil, until you spin a bearing. It might be good shit, all the wholesale distributors have been trying to force this stuff down everyones throats the last 6 months or so, but PowerTV is not a reputable source.

**JET** · 02-29-2008

At least W2W did the testing, they are very reputable. The might have done it just to get free advertising though.

Super Bleeder!! · 03-01-2008

Eh i'd just stick with what the OEMs seem to use in their performane vehicles. Mobil Uno.

**Kracka** · 03-01-2008

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Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!

Eh i'd just stick with what the OEMs seem to use in their performane vehicles. Mobil Uno.

Don't trust that too much, a lot of it comes down to politics and kick-back dollars.

jhaan_dude · 03-01-2008

im just curious as to how many of you know that mobil 1 no longer makes a true synthetic....and personally im an amsoil boy, i have never had a problem with any of my vehicles!!! but i too am curious about the new eneos oil, i may just change!!!

jhaan_dude · 03-01-2008

has anybody tried the lucas oil turbo motor oil?!?!?

**Kracka** · 03-01-2008

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Originally Posted by jhaan_dude

im just curious as to how many of you know that mobil 1 no longer makes a true synthetic!

This is correct. They switched after they lost the lawsuit against Castrol Syntec. I believe this only applies to North American Mobil 1 though; I have heard that Australian Mobil 1 is great stuff.

**Halon** · 03-01-2008

I personally just run whatever synthetic is on sale the day I'm at the store. Except I never run Mobil 1.

Anyone else notice Walmart has a synthetic SuperTech now a days? I'm tempted to run it for a few thousand and send it in to be analyzed afterwards. Their conventional stuff isn't half bad.

**Kracka** · 03-01-2008

Conventional SuperTech oil was Penzoil, then Quaker State (Penzoil owns Quaker State). I'm guessing the SuperTech synthetic is also Quaker State. The SuperTech filters are also a very good bargain; they are merely relabeled AC Delco, STP, and Bosch oil filters (Bosch does have a thicker case able to withstand higher oil pressures compared to the rest though). I have a feeling the Mobil 1 oil filter is identical to a Bosch.

jhaan_dude · 03-01-2008

hey kracka do you want to tell me more about the lawsuit between mobil and castrol??? you really got me curious

**Halon** · 03-01-2008

My research awhile back showed that Supertech oil was different based on what region of the US you lived in. Supertech on the West Coast was not the same "copy" as it was on the East Coast, and so on.